Spiraling Upwards

Continuing last week's discussion of the Holy Spirit Novena, we consider in more detail the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit which we are asking God to pour in ever greater abundance upon His Church.

In this episode we discuss the reason for the nine days of prayer from Ascension Thursday to the Feast of Pentecost, and the reasons why we should join our prayers to this, the original novena.

In this episode we discuss what it means to proclaim the Gospel, as heralds speaking something forward into the world, and not merely trying to live a silent witness to faith.

In this episode we discuss the difference between a notional grasp of religious doctrines, and the heartfelt assent to the truths which the doctrines so carefully defend. 

In this episode, we discuss why the papacy, and the whole process of selection of a new pope, is so important for our faith in Jesus Christ.

In this episode we consider the positive reality of light, in comparison with the absence of light that we call darkness, so as better to understand how to move from a profitable Lent to a profitable Easter.

This episode explores the real relation between joy and mercy in God's plan of salvation, and the integral unity between the Cross and the Resurrection.

This episode continues our meditations on our Lord's Passion, with a meditation on the Fourth Sorrowful Mystery of the Rosary, the Carrying of the Cross.

This episode continues our meditations on our Lord's Passion, with a meditation on the Third Sorrowful Mystery of the Rosary, the Crowning with Thorns.

This episode continues our meditations on our Lord's Passion, with a meditation on the Second Sorrowful Mystery of the Rosary, the Scourging at the Pillar.

This episode continues our meditations on our Lord's Passion, with a meditation on the First Sorrowful Mystery of the Rosary, the Agony in the Garden.

This episode introduces a series of meditations on the Passion of our Lord through the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary, beginning with today's initial meditation on the Last Supper.

This episode discusses specific motives for reading spiritual literature, so as to come to a better idea of what to read, given the impact it can have on one's faith and one's prayer life.

In this episode, we open the subject of Spiritual Reading with some thoughts on what Spiritual Reading itself is, under the principle that unless we know what it is, we will not do it very well.

In this episode we discuss the importance of reading material that will really benefit us, especially with regard to the proper formation of the imagination in accord with reality.

Continuing, with the idea that it may be useful to read through a book as a Category 3 book, in order to see the whole, and then to come back to it for study (Category 2) or contemplation (Category 1).